Corset



vAug. 18, 1936. J. L. ALBERTS CORSET Filed Oct. 5, 1935i 2 Sheets-Sheetl Aug. 18, 1936 J. LALBERTS CORSET Filed Oct. 5, 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet 2l-NVENTOR of m H/s ATTORNEYS 40 the corset part due to bending movementsof the or directly connected upper and lower parts, and 40 PatentedAAug. I8, i .I

UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEFlcE antibes coasE'r .mob Il. Alberts, Yonkers,N.Y.,m1nnr t Sidney S. Alberts, Yonkers, N. Y.

Application October 5, 1934, Serial No. 747,052

4 claims. (Cl. 2-30) This invention relates to foundation garmentsextended to permit the bending movement withand more particularlyconcerns garments such as out stretching, straining or tearing thegarment combined corsets and. brassires which have conitself or othergarments to which it is attached. nected portions for respectivelyconfining and At the same time, the elastic connection holds the 5supporting diierent parts of the body. garmentj sections4 snugly againstthe body and b Known foundation garments of the type which preventswrinkling or folding at the edges of the combine the functions of thecorset and brassire garment parts. In a preferred form of the in' aresubject to the objection that they oppose the vention, the back sectionsof the upper and lower natural bending movements of the body. This partsof the garment are disposed in overlapping i either results in thedisplacement of one or both relation and the elastic connection betweenthese 10 parts of the garment whereby its supporting funcsections isconcealed within one of the back sections are lost or impaired or in thetearing or tions. stretching of the garment or of the stockings to Theinvention will be best understood by referwhich it is attached due tothe strains set up by ence to the accompanying drawings in which cerlthe bending movements. tain embodiments thereof have been illustrated.15

It is the object of the present invention to pro- In the drawings; videa foundation garment of the'type described Figure lis a rear elevationof a 'foundation gar#V which permits natural bending movements of thement embodying the invention;v body without the displacement of thesupporting Figure2 is an inside view of the garment of portions of thegarment from their proper sup- Figure 1 with the front section thereofopened out 20 porting positions, and without straining, stretchto showthe interior of the back section ing or tearing the garment itself orother gar- Figure 3 is a sectional view of the back section ments towhich it may be attached. Afurther'obof the garment of Figure 1, 'takenalong the line ject of the invention is the provision of a founda- 3-3of Figure l and viewed-in the direction of tion garment of this type inwhich the various the arrows; t 25 parts are at all times held snuglyagainst the Figure 4 is a sectional view of the garment of body of thewearer and in which bending move- Figure 1, taken aiongthe line 4--4 ofFigure land ments do not result in the folding or wrinkling viewed inthe direction' ofthe arrows; of the garment parts. A still furtherobject of the Figure 5 is a rear elevation of a modified form inventionis the provision of afoundation garment of foundation garment empodyingthe invention 30 comprising corsetl and brassire parts having with aportion of the back. section broken away to their back sectionsconnected by an elastically exshow the interlorconstruction; andtensible connection which is completely concealed Figure 6 is an insideIview of the back section of within or beneath one of thegarment parts.The the garment shown in Figure 5 objects of the invention also includethe provision Referring to the embodiment of the invention 35 of acombined corset and brassire garment in shown in Figures-1 to 4, thegarment comprises which the elastically extensible connectionbegenerally a lower or corset part C and an upper tween the backsections of the corset and brassire or brassire part B. The frontsection F of the parts prevents the upward sliding movement of garment,as shown in Figure 2, consists of integral body of the wearer, ispreferably formed of non-elastic material. The above and other objectsof the invention Thus the lower part or panel l of the front secl arecarried out in general by providing a founda.- tion may comprise anysuitable noneelastic fabric tion garment having its upper and lowerparts desuch as silk, satin or cotton cloth and the upper or signedrespectively to support different parts of prassire part 8 of the frontsection may be made 45 the body, such as a combinedI corset andbrassire, of lace, net or other light fabric. 'I'he upper and and byproviding an elastically extensible conneclower parts of the frontsection are4 suitably tion between the back sections of the upper andseamed together as shown at 9. An elastic gusset lower parts of thegarment. With this arrangeinsert l0 is preferably provided at the loweredge ment, when the wearer bends forward the upper of the lower panel 1as shown. The side sections 50 and lower parts of the garment remain intheir Il and I2 of the lower or corset part C are prefproper supportingpositions about the upper and erably formed of elastic material, and asshown, lower parts ofthe torso respectively, and the elasthese sectionsare seamed to the opposite edges of tically extensible connectionbetween the back the back section I3 of the corset part of the gar- .55sections of the upper and lower garment parts is ment. The side sectionil is also seamed to one opens at the juncture of the side panel I2 andthe front section 1 as shown. A

The back section Il of the lower or corset part of the garment ispreferably formed of asuitable non-elastic fabric and is provided with alining Il as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. 'Ihe back section of the upper orbrassire part of the garment is also made of non-elastic material, andas shown, may comprise a central panel I5 of relatively heavy fabric andtwo side panels it and Il, seamed to the central panel and formed oflace, net or other light fabric which preferably matches the fabric ofthe front section l of thebrassire part. The lower edge of the backsection of the brassire part extends down over the upper edge of thelower back section I3 in overlapping relation therewith, as shown inFig. l. 'Ihe lower edges of the brassire side panels II and Il arestitched to the elastic lower side sections Il and l2, as shown at Il,whereas the lower edge of the central back panel I 5 is not attached tothe lower part of the garment and lies in overlapping unconnectedrelation thereto.

The meeting edges of the back and front sections of the garment areprovided with suitable detachable fastening means such as hooks and eyesas shown at 25. If desired, spaced vertical stays of whalebone, steel orthe like may be employed to stiften the lower or corset part of thegarment, and .stays ofA this nature have been shownat and 21 inPig.4.Garters 2l ofany desired type may be secured at spaced points along thelower edge of the front and back sections I and i3 of the corset part.The garment is preferably provided with shoulder straps Il which extendbetween the front section l of ther upper or brassire part and thecenter panel I5 of the back section of the brassire part as showninFigs.land2. Thestrapsu maybe connected to the back center panel Ii bymeans ot elastic tapes 3l.

In accordance with my invention. the back section of the upper orbrassire part of the garment is yieldably attached 'to the back sectionof the lower or corset part thereof so. that the upper and lower backsections are movable relative-to eaehotherandareatthesametimesecurelyconnected and held snugly against the body in all relative positions.This yieldable elastic connection may be effected in various ways. Asshown in the drawings, the lower edgeot the central back panel Ii ot theupper or brassire part terminates in a central downwardly extending tabIl which extends through a transverse slit or opening 2l in the backpanel I8 of the lower or corset part of the garment. As best shown inFig. 3, the upper or inner be stitched to the lining M of the lower backsection as shown at 27| andthe lower or outer edge of this slit may besuitably hemmed-as shown at 22. The upper end of a band or strip!! ofelastic material isfstitched to the lower'end of the tab I! and thelower end of this strip. is secured .to the upper edge of a section ofnon-elastic material 2l, the lower edge of which is attached to Vthelower seam 28 of the back panel il.

1 With the above described arrangement, 'forward bending movement of thewearer does not 'tend todisplace either the upper brassire part or -'thelower corset part of the-garment, since :the relative movement oftheupper and lower parts of the torso about which these parts of thegarment are secured merely results in the extension of the elasticconnection between the two edge of the slit 2l may.

. 2,051,065 side of the corset front section l, and the garment garmentparts. The

yieldable back connection avoids straining or tearing of the garmentwhen the body bends, and since the lower or corset part does not moveupwardly along the body, no undue strains are imposed on the stockingsor gar- 5 ters connected thereto. When the wearer straightens up theelastic connection contracts and keeps the lower edge of the brassireback section in snug and smooth nt against the back of the body.

The garment of Figs. 5 and 6 has the same front and side construction asthat described above in connection with the garment of Figs. l to 4.'I'he downwardly extending tab' Il' of the central back section I5' ofthe upper or 15 brassire part B' is connected to an elastic strip orband 23' which extends through an opening 2l' in the backl panel il' ofthe lower or corset part C'. The lower end of the elastic strip 23' isconnected through two divergent non-elastic 2o tapes 32 to the upperends of the spaced back garters 29'. As shown in Fig. 6, the lowercorners of the lining i4' of the lower back panel Il are cut away at 33to permit the tapes 32 to pass out of this lining and connect with .thegarters Il'. 25

With the arrangement of Figs. 5 and 6, the low- .er back edge of theupper or brassire part B' of the garment is held snugly against the bodyat all positions, and ls movably connected to the lower or corset partC' of the garment through s0 the elastic connection 23' and the garters2l. In this modification of the invention, as well as in that shown inFigs. 1 to 4, there is no tendency for a bending movement to displaceeither the brassire or corset parts away from their proper 35 supportingpositions on the body since relative movement of the garment parts ispermitted b theelastically e tensible connection. v Y

I claim:

1. In afoundation garment of the type deo scribed, a lower corset partcomprising front and back sections, a pair of garters attached at backsection at a point adjacent the lower edge thereof, an upper brassirepart comprising a front section ilxed .to the front section of saidlower corset part and a back section separate from the back section ofsaid lower corset part, and means including an elastically extensibleelement connected between a point adjacent the lower edge of saidbrassire part back section and a point on said garter means adjacent theconnection between said garter means and said cora set part backsection.

2. In a foundation garment of the type described, a lower corset partcomprising front and back sections, a pair of garters attached at spacedpoints to the lower edge of said corset part back section, an upperbrassire part comprising a front section ilxed to the-front section ofsaid lower corset part and a back section separate fromthe back sectionof said corset part and having a lower edge overlapping the upper edgeof said corset part back section, said corset part back section having'an opening there- `in andaliningbehindsaid opening,andmeans includingan elastically extensible element passing through saidV opening andconnected between the lower edge of the back section of said brassirepart and said spaced garters.

3. In a folmdation gement of the scribed, a cometpart adapted tocompletely encircle the lower part of the body and havingvertically-spaced stays. a brassire part adapted to completely encirclethe upper part of the body, ,thenontseetionsofthecorsetpartandthei typede- 7o brassire part being sewed together, the brassire part beingseparate from the corset part at the back and having its lower edgeoverlying the upper portion of the back of the corset part, and a singleconnection, elastic at least in part, between the lower portion of thecenter 'of the back of the brassire part and the corset part, at least apart of said connection extending behind the corset part and securedthereto adjacent said stays, whereby the corset and brassire parts are Iheld against relative movement at the front, but

are elastically connected together at `the back where relative movementbetween said parts may take place when the wearer bends forward.

4. In a foundation garment of the type described, a corset part adaptedto completely encircle the lower part of the body, said corset parthaving an opening in the back thereof, a brassire part adapted tocompletely encircle the upper part of thebody. the front sections ci thecorset part and the brassire part being sewed together, the brassirepart being separate from the corset part at the back and having itslower edge overlying the upper portion of the back of the corset part,and `a single connection between the iower portion of the center of thebrassire part and the corset part, said connection comprising a downwardextension 'at the center of the back of the brassire part and an elasticpart connected thereto, said connection passing hlOugh said opening inthe back of the corset part, whereby the corset and brassire parts areheld against relative movement at the front but are elasticallyconnectedI together at the back where relative movement between saidparts may take piace when the wearer bends forward.

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Certificate of Correction PatentNo.2,o51,0e5. Y `August18,1936.

JACOB L. ALBER'LS It is hereb certified that errors appear in theprintedspecification of the above numbered patenis requiring correction asfollows: Page 1, second column, line .30, for fempodying read embodying;1in`e 45, for prassire read brassire; page 2,-second column, line 42,claim 1, for thebwords a pair of garters read garter means and same'lineand claim for at read to said; and that the said Letters Patent shouldbe read with these corrections therein that the same may conform totherecord of the ease in the Patent Office.

Signed andlsealed this 27th day of October, A. D. 1936.

[SEAL] Y HENRY VAN A RSDALE, .Acting Commissioner of Patents.

